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Re: [opensuse] Is it possible to edit and save PDF forms?

From:
BandiPat <penguin0601@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date:
Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:41:24 -0400

Message-id:
<200708112241.24842.penguin0601@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Saturday 11 August 2007, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my country our administration is using PDF forms that we can print
> and fill, or fill in the PC and print - but we can not save them,
> which is a nuisance.
[...]
>
> We have tried generating our own forms to try this.
>
> Using OO-writer we can create a form. If this form is exported to
> PDF, the resulting PDF is a form with the proper fields, but acroread
> gives the warning that form data can not be saved, the same result as
> we knew.
>
> However, one of the options when generating the PDF in OO is
> precisely in which way I want the data to be saved later. The reader
> does not respect this, but there is no other reader in Linux that can
> even edit forms.
>
>
> So... is there any other PDF reader in Linux that allows editing and
> saving PDF forms? An open one. Are there plans to add that capability
> to the existing or new viewers? Are there legal problems?
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Carlos Robinson
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Carlos,
Have you tried the newer 1.6.3 Koffice for this? I just got a new build
the other day, loaded a PDF file in full editable form into KWord and
of course, you can save as PDF from KWord or print to pdf. Also, check
out "cups-pdf", which allows you to create a virtual printer for direct
saving/printing to a very good pdf file!